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KMAC 2019
Dec 16, 2018 17:20:34 GMT -5
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Post by pirate80 on Dec 16, 2018 17:20:34 GMT -5
News out of Sparta, that they will have a new football coach next season. Any other changes in the league?
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KMAC 2019
Dec 16, 2018 23:48:57 GMT -5
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Post by pirate80 on Dec 16, 2018 23:48:57 GMT -5
Stanley, have any insight on what the Scots might do?
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Post by galion on Dec 17, 2018 0:33:38 GMT -5
Did he take another job? After the last few seasons he certainly has the resume to move on if the opportunity presented itself.
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KMAC 2019
Dec 17, 2018 7:16:47 GMT -5
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Post by pirate80 on Dec 17, 2018 7:16:47 GMT -5
The post I saw just said retired from coaching.
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Post by stanley on Dec 17, 2018 20:09:53 GMT -5
Retiring from coaching. Gave Highland 17 nice seasons. Leaving the program much better than he found it. 26 seasons overall in the football coaching business. Still will be assistant principal at Highland. I assume they will hire somebody in house. All the coaches on the staff are also teachers at the school and it would only make sense to continue to build and improve off of what they already have going on. Matt Jones and Mike Reid are coordinators on the staff who have been with Carp the whole time. Maybe one of these 2 will be the next guy. These 2 would both be excellent candidates.
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Post by oldno72 on Dec 17, 2018 21:17:14 GMT -5
Speaking as a retired footaball official, always had a lot of respect for Coach Carpenter. Wish him well!
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Post by Waterboy on Jan 10, 2019 6:23:18 GMT -5
At last nights BOE meeting, the Higland board approved to name Matt Jones the new head football coach at Highland. Coach Jones has been on staff and with Coach Carpenter for quite some time. I would expect a flawless transition as everything will remain the same. Coach Jones runs all the winter and summer lifting/conditioning programs and goes above and beyond for the kids. This is a great hire by Highland and I personally could not think of anyone better for the job.
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Post by presnapread on Jan 10, 2019 10:59:11 GMT -5
Hearing Joe Ulery won't be back at Mount Gilead. Anyone hear who their next head coach might be? Moving someone up or going outside?
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KMAC 2019
Jan 14, 2019 8:02:38 GMT -5
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Post by pirate80 on Jan 14, 2019 8:02:38 GMT -5
Maybe Ulrey going home to help at Highland? Not sure anybody else would have done better than 0-20 at Purple but maybe he needed a fresh start elsewhere.
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Post by Waterboy on Jan 14, 2019 8:14:51 GMT -5
Very unlikely that he is coaching at Highland
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KMAC 2019
Jan 15, 2019 9:00:30 GMT -5
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Post by pirate80 on Jan 15, 2019 9:00:30 GMT -5
I've heard now that it wasn't a voluntary resignation. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
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Post by presnapread on Jan 15, 2019 11:12:41 GMT -5
I've heard now that it wasn't a voluntary resignation. ๐คทโโ๏ธ 0-20's seldom are.
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KMAC 2019
Jan 17, 2019 6:57:39 GMT -5
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Post by pirate80 on Jan 17, 2019 6:57:39 GMT -5
Agreed. That program is gonna take a lot of time. Coming from someone who despises them lol. They've got work to do, whoever the new coach may be.
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Post by presnapread on Jan 17, 2019 8:21:08 GMT -5
Hearing anything, candidate wise, from Mt. Gilead?
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KMAC 2019
Jan 19, 2019 0:16:00 GMT -5
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Post by pirate80 on Jan 19, 2019 0:16:00 GMT -5
I've heard nothing.
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Post by Waterboy on Jan 19, 2019 11:53:45 GMT -5
I can't see how anyone would want to take over a program that has lost 20+ games in a row. Mount Gilead had a nice group of younger kids this year but its all in how you develop them in high school.
Already looking forward to next season and how things unfold. I think right now Northmor would have to be the favorite to win the KMAC with all they have coming back. Highland graduated a ton but still has some nice players that are ready to do their thing on Friday nights. Mount Gilead, Cardington, and Centerburg had some good looking kids in their middle school program that could potentially contribute on Friday nights and I am sure Danville will be right there in the mix along with East Knox.
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KMAC 2019
Jan 20, 2019 1:22:56 GMT -5
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Post by pirate80 on Jan 20, 2019 1:22:56 GMT -5
Centerburgs classes for the next few years are absolutely stacked.
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Post by stanley on Jan 28, 2019 15:33:21 GMT -5
1 or 2. Northmor - This squad is going to be incredible this year, take the league, and make a push to take region 23. 1 or 2 East Knox - Good portion of the team back for another year I believe. These guys and Northmor for the league title. I'll give the edge to Northmor. Northmor has better O&D lines, and obviously faster speed in the backfield. 3, 4, & 5. Any order between Centerburg, Cardington, and Highland. Trojans bring back a good solid core of skill players as does Cardington. Cardington hopefully staying healthy and getting to use some of the guys that helped them in 2017, but missed most of last season (from what I heard). New coach seems to have a good system that kept them in games that perhaps on paper they shouldn't of been in, and I think many of those close ones at half time will turn into close ones in the 4th quarter and at that point anyone can win. Cardington boys are always up for a fight, very little seems to intimidate them so I think they will get some confidence early on and use that to have a pretty good season. Highland takes a hit to graduation, but certainly returns quite a few guys that contributed last season and some the year before that. I feel like their lines will be too much for Centerburg, (and honestly if they can continue to reload their lines the way they have.....for a long time now I wouldn't count them out of any game, not to mention there was quite a few juniors and sophomores that got significant playing time or started up front last season. The skill positions for awhile now seem to not reload quite as well as the lines have. So with there being 0 linebackers left from the team only 2 years ago, the entire secondary who was also the entire secondary as juniors 2 years ago, 2 fullbacks, their receiver, and their incredibly speedy wing #23 all graduate...it leaves some reason for concern) when it comes to the Highland/Cardington game I just have this bad vibe that we're going to see a repeat of the 2015 or 2011 matchup. In turn to that I can see Centerburg beating Cardington again. We'll just have to see who can find what matchups. 6. Danville - I don't know much about what they have back, I feel like they lose most if not all of their impact players, but there is no way I'm putting them below Fredericktown. 7. Mount Gilead - Graduating just about all of their lineman I believe, however, return a decent number of skill players. About to have their 6th coach in 15 seasons. Can't be a good situation. 8. Fredericktown - Because last season was awful and everybody that somewhat contributed except for #2 graduates. After seeing them and seeing Mount Gilead, I am really not even sure how they beat Mount Gilead at all let alone 8-39.
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Post by pirate80 on Jan 28, 2019 21:08:39 GMT -5
Admittedly, I don't know much about the immediate future of Danville and Fredericktown...I think you're pretty spot on with your knowledge of the other teams. If Cardington can stay healthy I really like what is being built. But that's a really big if.
After this upcoming year, Northmor comes back to Earth and Centerburg will be very good for the next several years. Very good.
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Post by Waterboy on Feb 19, 2019 16:08:01 GMT -5
Any word on the Mount Gilead job? Have they hired anyone?
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Post by presnapread on Feb 25, 2019 9:51:49 GMT -5
Phil Mauro
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Post by wallpass on Jun 21, 2019 13:24:20 GMT -5
I hear that former Pleasant head coach Chris Kubbs will be helping out at Mt. Gilead. If true, watch out for the Indians in the near future. That man can coach!!
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Post by stanley on Aug 17, 2019 19:51:08 GMT -5
Heard that Northmor's runningback Becker suffered a nasty ACL injury that will keep him out for awhile. If that's true, that is awful to hear, especially being his senior season. Hope everything in that situation goes as smooth as possible. This is a pretty big hit to Northmor, but I do not think it will necessarily prevent them from winning the KMAC. I would still consider it being between them and East Knox. However the Knights certainly need to stay healthy from here on out.
Coach Kubbs is helping out at Mt Gilead that is correct. Him, Coach Mauro, and the rest of the staff are clearly doing something right to find a way to get 40 kids to come out and play football at a D6 school that has had back to back 0-10 seasons.
Probably shouldn't have placed Danville as low as I did a few posts back on this thread.
On that same list might have placed Highland too high. Just have to see what Danville, Centerburg, and Cardington can put out there. Week one with Bloom-Carroll is going to be one hell of a time though.
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Post by stanley on Aug 22, 2019 20:46:05 GMT -5
Galion threw the ball at will against Highland Pleasant ran the ball at will against Highland Highland didn't exactly light up the score board in either scrimmage.
Pleasant's varsity beat Highlands 32-0 in one half of football. (might have been 38, can't remember exactly.) Pleasant and Galion both look to have very good football teams. Not trying to take anything away from the Spartans or Tigers in saying this, but this might be Highland's worst defense since 2012. The offense isn't great either, and this is going to shock everybody, but if the Scots can't move the ball on the ground then they won't be moving the ball at all.
Pleasant and Galion will at least be better then most, close to all of Highland's schedule this year, but it's also not like the Scots competed and Galion/Pleasant looked slightly better. Tonight and last weekend felt like the old scrimmages with Bishop Hartley..............ok not quite that rough, but almost.
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Post by wallacefan on Aug 23, 2019 19:57:45 GMT -5
Was told (wasnโt there):
Jamboree game at Utica.
Mount Gilead 33 Utica 13
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KMAC 2019
Aug 24, 2019 13:15:56 GMT -5
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Post by pirate80 on Aug 24, 2019 13:15:56 GMT -5
Pirates won all of their scrimmages.....Upper, Utica, Willard. But are already very beat up going into the season with very low numbers again. ๐
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Post by wallacefan on Aug 24, 2019 16:01:25 GMT -5
Pirates won all of their scrimmages.....Upper, Utica, Willard. But are already very beat up going into the season with very low numbers again. ๐ 3-0. Good way to start the regular season. Where are you guys at? I had heard you were in mid 30s or so?
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Post by pirate80 on Aug 24, 2019 16:09:27 GMT -5
Pirates won all of their scrimmages.....Upper, Utica, Willard. But are already very beat up going into the season with very low numbers again. ๐ 3-0. Good way to start the regular season. Where are you guys at? ย I had heard you were in mid 30s or so? ย Right around 30 I'd say.
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Post by stanley on Aug 24, 2019 21:58:42 GMT -5
Pirates won all of their scrimmages.....Upper, Utica, Willard. But are already very beat up going into the season with very low numbers again. ๐ That's too bad to hear that the team is already beat up a bit. I was thinking if they could stay healthy that they would probably have some decent depth this season, at least with the skill positions. Cool to hear that they won all their scrimmages though.
Glad to hear the Indians won their scrimmage with Utica as well.
So in scrimmages and non league play Utica played/will play the entire KMAC except for Northmor and Danville.
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Post by wallacefan on Aug 24, 2019 22:28:08 GMT -5
Pirates won all of their scrimmages.....Upper, Utica, Willard. But are already very beat up going into the season with very low numbers again. ๐ That's too bad to hear that the team is already beat up a bit. I was thinking if they could stay healthy that they would probably have some decent depth this season, at least with the skill positions. Cool to hear that they won all their scrimmages though.
Glad to hear the Indians won their scrimmage with Utica as well.
So in scrimmages and non league play Utica played/will play the entire KMAC except for Northmor and Danville. Thatโs called a signal.
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